Basha Bekele

*Roasting on Mondays, shipping/ local pick up on Tuesdays*

Basha is a farmer and mill manager and due to his dedication and experience won the Ethiopian Cup of Excellence competition in 2024. He grows and exports coffee (primarily variety 74158, known locally as “Walega”) in semi-forested plots on 12 hectares in addition to operating collection sites in Bombe, Shantawane, and Kokose—collecting cherry from producers growing coffee as high as 2300 masl. Like most smallholders around Bensa, Basha exclusively produces dry processes—which includes experiments with anaerobic styles of fermentation—and practices cherry flotation before drying his coffee slowly on raised beds (with some preparations drying under shade).
 
We roasted this coffee to have a good balance of ripe jammy acidity and a very sweet finish and with some florals that show up in the middle of the cup.